How Will Apple (AAPL) Stock React To China's Denial That It Removed Its Products From Government Buy List?

Apple (AAPL) devices have never appeared on a Chinese list of products eligible to be bought with public money, China state media reports.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Apple (AAPL) devices have never appeared on a Chinese list of products eligible to be bought with public money, state media quoted an official as saying, denying reports the U.S. tech giant had been excluded from the latest line-up, according to Agence France-Presse.

A report by Bloomberg said that China removed 10 Apple devices, including MacBook laptops and the iPad, from a government procurement list over security concerns.

But the China Government Procurement News, which is run by the finance ministry, cited an unnamed ministry official as saying that Apple's goods had never appeared in the "energy-saving product list", which is updated about every six months.

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